Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-08-05

Geneva College-Beaver Falls.
Eureka Springs, Saegerstown, Pa,
Jury Lists for Sept term.
Clothing-Klee * Co.
New locaIs-Grove City College; Midsum-
mer Excursion Butler Camp Meeting.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
JAS. s. Wilson of Centerville has sold
his stock of merchandise to Bingham q Sons.
Butler should have public bathing es'
tablishment.
Mr.. Geo. Oesterling is building on West
North st.
Two of Agt Green's boys are down with
typhoid fever.
Some slight changes have lately been
made in the P. & w. time table.
pr. J. NJ. Leighner, OF Prospect, was in
town Oh business. Wednesday.
Mr.. w. j. Grove is laid up with "frog"
fel on on bis hand.
The law requires guide-boards at all
cross. roads. and imposes a fine of $40 on su
pervisors for neglecting to keep them up.
Mrs. Anna B. Crawford Of Kansas City
is visiting her parents here. She is daugh'
ter of Esq. John Black.
Niagara Falls and vicinity, is illustrated
and well written up in Harper's Magazine
this month.
Prof. G, p. Weigle of Prospect, will have
charge of the Whitestown College next win
ter.
he Gkl.G
Of this month and are both in the western
sky.
The strange looking white stuff on the
fag-stones around the Court House is salt
Ifyou don't believe it, taste it.
Mr.. C. H. Ford, with load of glycerine
has gone on a trip to "wildca" well in
johnson Co., KY, near Paintsville.
The P. & W. r. r. will sell excursion
tickets to Chicago, NEXT Monday and Tues
day, good for Is days, at So.
The Trustees of the Presbyterian Chureh
OF Butler intead putting new slate roof on
the church, and ask for bids.
None Of the Democratic politicians of
this county, participated in the Randall
Rally at Silver Lake, Allegheny Co., last
Wednesday.
Mrs. B. C. Huselton has gone TO Chau-
tauGua, and Mr.. John Reed is camping out
with Tarentam club in Armstrong county.
The P. R. r. will sell excursion tickets
to tAe Constitutional Centennial next month,
Notice next week.
-EsrthaasEe shocks were felt at st.
Louis. NO., Nashville, Tenn, and Evansville,
Ind, last Monday night.
An adopted child of H. G. Muder Of Jeff
erson Centre, was terribly bitten by a dog
one day last week. Part of the child's cheek
was torn off and one eye injured.
Rev. j. Fl. Prugh, of Pittsburg, will
preach in the Presby terian Church of Butler,
at IL AN. next Sunday.
John Berg & Co., now have the agency
for the Red Star line OF steamers between
New York and Antwerp. The line is owned
by the Penn'a Il. L. Co.
The largest insurance policies ever writ.
ten in this town, were written last week for
the Plate Glass Works, and call for over
$lGS,0C0.
David Jack. Esq, of Bradford, is visit
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Jos. Jack, here.
Dave is now a partner in the lag ETpp OF
Elliott, Jack & Roberts, of Bradford, and 10
doing we'll.
No two farmers that We haye talked to
have the same opinion regarding the oats
crop. Very little buckwheat has been so~n
this year.
Sam Smith, of Indiana, Pa, copied our
"Motber Hubbard" item, and intimates that
he called on lady, the other day, who
hadn't any clothes on.
MIR. George Iflf now has the South-side
route on the Commercidl- Gdgetfa. It is pretty
hot over there but George says he inteads to
stick to it.
"A. G. Reed Post, No. 105, GAR, meets
tonight, Aug. g., being regular meeting at
Post-room, at 7:30 o'clock sharp. Let all
comrades take notice and be at the meeting.
Our militia Co.-thirty -one men and off.
cers-took the cars for camp at Mt. Gretna,
Lebanon county, yesterday morning. They
will be gone about ten days.
The Plate Glass Co, is erecting crYgher
on the Bredin place Southwest of town, and
will quarry the sand-rock and crush it for
use in their works.
The Leslie family will meet at the Rock
Point picnic grounds on Thursday Aug. G5,
to hold their annual reunion. 1t is desired
by the chairman that the family will meet at
ii o'clock to transact business.
Bass like lively bait, and as the tail of
snake wriggles till the sun goes down a
Reading fisherman has found that snake
tails are the things to catch bass with. He
caught five in succession with one bait of that
kind.
People who keep dogs that dash out sud-
denly at passing teams, should remember
that in case Of damage done they may be held
liable in the Courts, as nobody has q right to
do anything that jeopardizes mans life or
limb.
The Trustees Of the Orphans' Home here
are building brick school house, 24x4O feet
and two stories high, on the grounds above
the grove. Messrs. McJunkin & Weigand
have the contract.
The Eureka Mineral Springs of saeger-
town, Pa, is the resort for the pleasure seeker
and afflicted that is mostly largely partroniz.
ed. Its sanitarium is under the management
of experienced physicians and its bath. rooms
are not excelled in the State.
With lis numerous natura! gas lights But
Ter now looks very pretty at night from the
top of any of the surrounding hills. The
Todd Patent burners cost $26s each and
there are several hundred of them burning
in Butler every night, at 25 cts month.
1t takes the Freeport base ball club fifty
minutes to walk and ride from the grounds
here 10 the West Penn depot. They saw
they would lose the game Wednesday alter
noon aud stopped it in the middle of an
inning, that they had abundant time to
finish. The score stood 10 to 6 in favor Of
the Butler club.
Jim McMarlin and Contractor Taylor
are in luck, having struck good well on the
McElwee farm in Donegal twp. IL is doing
80 barrels, and they have some go, d leases
in that vicinity. The we'll is owed by Nc.
Marlin, Taylor and Dan Burns.
j. G. ID. Findlay, Esq, of Freeport, died
last Monday, of cholera morbus. also Mr..
Moses Anderson, an old citizen of the town.
Mr. Anderson was a school teacher and sur
veyor, and was respected by all.
Mr.. John Graham, or "Grimes' as he
was usually called, one of the earliest settlers
Of Beaver county, died at his home in Moon
twp, last Sunday night, aged 8S years. John
was a member of the famous "Grnes" story
telling family.
Out in Ohio last Saturday locomotive
ran half way through the rear car Of pas
senoer fra i, sarinuslv iniuriu,r eevaral of the